Project RainMaker

Project RainMaker, is my latest home PC build project. It was an incredibly ambitious project, and as a result, took me nearly a year to complete. It employs water cooling on every major component in the system including: CPU, Graphics Cards, Chipset, Mosfets, Power supplies, and the PhysX processor as well. The water cooling is implemented in three separate loops to provide for maximum cooling performance and therefore maximum overclock headroom on all components.

After several months of putting the polishing touches on this project, I've finally got around to annotating some of the pics I took during the build for those of you who might be interested in seeing something a bit different with a Lian-Li PC-343B Cube Case.

The key mod I've made here is in converting the motherboard tray to a horizontal configuration and implementing the aforementioned cooling system in a fairly unique manner.

My key design goals when starting this project were:

Build a chassis complete with cooling that would last several generations of electronics

Build something that would stretch my capabilities as a hobby PC modder

Build a completed system that was as good if not better than something a custom mod shop would build or a high-end system builder in terms of aesthetics, servicability, and modularity.

Build a cooling system that would pass the XtremeSystems test of no-compromise performance

Build a system that was challenging and agressive and could stand up to the scrutiny of my peers

The following are just a couple of sample pictures. For a complete set of pictures please visit my build log on XtremeSystems.org